Contributors Acknowledgements The World Economic Forum and Kearney thank the following individuals for their input and participation in the consultations and community discussions, which contributed to the development of this white paper. Tamer Abuaita Senior Vice-President, Operations; Chief Supply Chain Officer, Stanley Black & Decker Rajesh Achanta Former Vice-President, Supply Chain, Consumer Packaged Goods, Asia (2020-2023) Maryam Al Bastaki Acting Head, Technology Development, Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, United Arab Emirates Andrew Alcorta Senior Advisor, US Department of Energy Abdullah Almahri Director, Investments & Stakeholder Management, Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology, United Arab Emirates Fatma Essa Almheiri Acting Director, Technology Adoption and Development, Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, United Arab Emirates Omar Ahmed Suwaina Alsuwaidi Under-Secretary, Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology, United Arab Emirates Dirk Backhaus Executive Vice-President, Product Supply; Member of the Board, Crop Science Division, BayerKonrad Bauer Senior Vice-President, Global Business Services, Thermo Fisher Scientific Gunter Beitinger Senior Vice-President, Manufacturing; Head, Factory Digitalization; Head, Product Carbon Footprint, Siemens Emily Benson Senior Policy Advisor, Supply Chain Center, US Department of Commerce Paresh Bhakta Senior Vice-President, Operations; Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer, Nouryon Martin Brown Chief Supply Chain Officer, Knauf Larry Bucshon Congressman; House of Representatives, US Congress Antonio Capo Managing Director and Partner; Head, Global Portfolio Solutions, EMEA, The Carlyle Group Earl L. “Buddy” Carter Congressman, House of Representatives, US Congress Mohammad Choucair Chief Executive Officer, Archer Materials Jennifer Cooper Vice-President of Global Supply Chain, The AES CorporationWorld Economic Forum Memia Fendri Lead, Content Curation and Operational Excellence, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Anny Marcus Project Fellow, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Kyle Winters Specialist, Initiatives and Community, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply ChainsKearney Grzegorz Krochmal Senior Data Scientist Nigel Pekenc Partner Beyond Cost: Country Readiness for the Future of Manufacturing and Supply Chains 31

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